California drought will cost thousands of farm jobs: study
SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) – California’s drought will cause thousands of workers to lose their jobs and cost farmers in the state’s Central Valley breadbasket $1.7 billion, researchers said in the first economic study of what may be the state’s …
Seattle mayor nominates chief to lead embattled police department
(Reuters) – Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has nominated a former Boston police commissioner experienced in reforming troubled law enforcement agencies to lead his city’s force, which is under federal monitoring stemming from an alleged pattern of excessive f…
U.S. meat labeling requirements come under fire in appeals court
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration’s argument for keeping its labeling requirements in place for meat vendors is too broad and would give regulators too much power over how goods are labeled, judges in a U.S. appeals court said on Monday.
Seattle lawyer sentenced to 25 years for raping massage therapists
SEATTLE (Reuters) – A prominent attorney was sentenced on Monday to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to raping five women at Asian massage parlors in the Seattle area, his lawyer said.
Minnesota ‘man in black’ bank robber gets 14 years in prison
(Reuters) – A defendant known as the “man in black” bank robber who was accused of 31 holdups in a year-long spree in Minnesota was sentenced on Monday to 14 years in federal prison on his guilty plea to six counts of armed bank robbery.
Federal judge orders Utah to recognize existing same-sex marriages
SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) – Utah must recognize existing same-sex marriages performed during a 17-day window after a court briefly legalized gay nuptials in the conservative, heavily Mormon state, a federal judge ruled on Monday.
Multiple people injured in explosion at Wisconsin foundry
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) – An explosion at a foundry in Wisconsin caused multiple injuries on Monday, rescue personnel and local media said.
NBA sets June 3 for Sterling hearing
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The National Basketball Association charged Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling on Monday with damaging the league with racist comments and set a June 3 hearing after which owners could vote to remove him.
New York attorney general combats ‘zombie houses’ after Reuters probe
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched a statewide effort to combat so-called zombie properties by encouraging the state legislature to pass the Abandoned Property Neighborhood Relief Act he proposed earlier this …
U.S. accuses China of cyber spying on American companies
(Reuters) – The United States on Monday charged five Chinese military officers and accused them of hacking into American nuclear, metal and solar companies to steal trade secrets, ratcheting up tensions between the two world powers over cyber espionage…
